Bicycle tax suggested
The idea of taxing bicycles in Christchurch has been revived by the mayor (Dr Thacker). He proposes to have each bicycle registered annually by the traffic inspector and to charge a fee of one shilling. As there are 40,000 bicycles in the city he expects to obtain from this system a revenue of £2000 a year, which, he states, will meet the expenses of patrolling the city streets, in order that traffic bylaws shall be observed. — ODT, 31.1.1921.